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Friday, June 17th, 2008

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1. BIG FIVE MEETS VO/SOT

2. CLIMATE CHANGE REGULATIONS VO/SOT

3. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ON HEAT ILLNESS VO/SOT

4. FBI 100TH BIRTHDAY VO/SOT

1. BIG FIVE MEETS VO/SOT

LIVE:

GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM AT LEAST THREE WALL STREET INVESTMENT FIRMS TO A CLOSED-DOOR BIG FIVE BUDGET NEGATION THIS MORNING. THE STATE BUDGET WAS DUE JULY 1ST, THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, AND IS NOW MORE THAN TWO WEEKS OVERDUE.

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL

VO: (:30)

THE BIG FIVE IS COMPRISED OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS FROM BOTH THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY. EARLY REPORTS INDICATED THE GOVERNOR INVITED THE WALL STREET REPRESENTATIVES TO REVISIT HIS PROPOSAL TO CLOSE PART OF THE STATE'S PROJECTED 15-BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT WITH MONEY SECURED BY SELLING FUTURE STATE LOTTERY EARNINGS. AS THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS LEFT THE MEETING THEY REPORTED BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WERE POSITIVE, WITH REPUBLICANS SAYING THERE WAS PROGRESS ON THEIR INSISTENCE THE BUDGET DEAL INCLUDE ON-GOING BUDGET REFORMS, SUCH AS A CAP ON ANNUAL STATE SPENDING INCREASES. BUT THEIR REMARKS ALSO INDICATE LITTLE REAL PROGRESS WAS MADE TO RESOLVE THE STATE BUDGET CRISIS.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE VILLINES/R-CLOVIS

SOT: (:22)

SAYS: "THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET REFORM HAS TO BE REAL FOR THE CREDITORS AND OTHERS TO SE UM, IF IT'S LEGIT. I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE REAL, IT HAS TO HAVE TEETH. SO THAT'S REALLY THE CONVERSATIONS THE WE'RE HAVING. LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU NOW EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE, WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY MAJOR DECISIONS, BUT STRUCTURAL BUDGET REFORM IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH OF OUR CAUCUSES HAVE TO HAVE..."

SUPER: SENATOR DON PERATA/ D-OAKLAND

SOT: (:09)

SAYS: "SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE NEW REVENUES, AND SOMETIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT BACK. AND SOMETIMES WE'LL DO BOTH. BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST HAVE A CAP OUT THERE AND THINK YOU'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THAT'S, THAT'S AN ILLUSION."

VO TAG:

FOLLOWING THE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE FOUR LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, THE SO-CALLED BIG FOUR, MET SEPARATELY IN SENATOR PERATA'S OFFICE.

EDITOR'S NOTE: GOVERNMENTS ROUTINELY BORROW MONEY TO PAY THEIR EXPENSES, THEN PAY BACK THE MONEY TO CREDITORS WITH INTEREST. A PROLONGED BUDGET CRISIS COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT CALIFORNIA'S CREDIT RATING, BECAUSE MULTI-YEAR BUDGET DEFICITS OR OTHER INDICATIONS THE STATE MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY REPAYING ITS LOANS WILL COST THE STATE MORE IN THE FORM OF HIGHER INTERESTS RATES.

EXTRA BITES:

ASSEMBLY SPEAKER KAREN BASS SAYS THERE IS NO BUDGET VOTE ANTICIPATED SOON, AND THAT SHE'S NOT INTERESTED IN HOLDING WHAT IS CALLED A BUDGET DRILL, IN WHICH THE MAJORITY PARTY PRESENTS ITS VERSION OF THE BUDGET TO DETERMINE IF ANY REPUBLICANS WILL SUPPORT IT. BECAUSE THE BUDGET REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO PASS, AT LEAST SOME REPUBLICANS ARE NEED FOR A BUDGET TO PASS.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYWOMAN KAREN BASS/D-LOS ANGELES

SOT: (:07)

SAYS: "UH, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING AND WHEN WE PUT THE BUDGET UP, IT'S GOING TO BE THE REAL BUDGET."

EDITOR'S NOTE: THE FOLLOWING TO SOUNDBITES WERE RECORDED BEFORE THE BIG FIVE MEETING OCCURRED:

ON WHETHER THE GOVERNOR CALLING TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BIG FIVE WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT FOLLOWING TWO DAYS OF SCHWARZENEGGER BLAMING LAWMAKERS FOR MISSING THEIR BUDGET DEADLINE:

SUPER: SENATOR DON PERATA/ D-OAKLAND

SOT: (:16)

SAYS: "I BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS TO TALK, HE WANTS TO FIND OUT DIRECTLY FROM US WHERE WE ARE, AND UH, WHEN UH, WE THINK THAT WE MIGHT CONCLUDE OUR BUSINESS. AND UH, I'M PREPARED TO TELL HIM EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, AND I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE TOO, AND THEN I GUESS HE'LL DECIDE IF THERE'S SOME WAY HE CAN HELP."

ON THE GOVERNOR'S LOTTERY PROPOSAL:

SUPER: SENATOR DAVE COGDILL/R-MODESTO

SOT: (:20)

SAYS: "WE 'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROJECTED AND AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE THE GOVERNOR'S PROJECTIONS AND THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST', SO HOPEFULLY TODAY WE'LL GET SOME CLARIFICATION AND BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A VIABLE, UH PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR OR DOWN THE ROAD."